How To Install gfs-orpheus-fonts on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfs-orpheus-fonts in Fedora 36. gfs-orpheus-fonts is GFS Orpheus, a 21st century Greek font family

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfs-orpheus-fonts on Fedora 36.

What is gfs-orpheus-fonts

GFS Orpheus is a variation of GFS Orpheus Classic. It was based on the text found in a school textbook entitled Στοιχειώδης Φυσική Ιστορία, published by the publisher Anestis Konstantinidis in Athens on 1887. The x-height is shorter (longer descenders), while the uppercase characters and the numbers were designed from scratch, following more closely the style of the lowercase characters. GFS Orpheus was designed by George Triantafyllakos.

We can use yum or dnf to install gfs-orpheus-fonts on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gfs-orpheus-fonts.

Install gfs-orpheus-fonts on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gfs-orpheus-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gfs-orpheus-fonts

Install gfs-orpheus-fonts on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gfs-orpheus-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gfs-orpheus-fonts

How To Uninstall gfs-orpheus-fonts on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the gfs-orpheus-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gfs-orpheus-fonts

gfs-orpheus-fonts Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-gfs-orpheus-fonts.conf
/usr/share/doc/gfs-orpheus-fonts
/usr/share/doc/gfs-orpheus-fonts/OFL-FAQ.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-gfs-orpheus-fonts.conf
/usr/share/fonts/gfs-orpheus-fonts
/usr/share/fonts/gfs-orpheus-fonts/GFS_Orpheus.otf
/usr/share/licenses/gfs-orpheus-fonts
/usr/share/licenses/gfs-orpheus-fonts/OFL.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/org.fedoraproject.gfs-orpheus-fonts.metainfo.xml

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gfs-orpheus-fonts on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).